Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.88
Liaison Amy McElhinney
Submission Date Oct. 2, 2014
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STARS v2.0

University of Mount Union
EN-10: Inter-Campus Collaboration

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Leah Graham
Sustainability and Campus Outreach Manager
Office of Sustainability
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Does the institution collaborate with other colleges and universities to support and help build the campus sustainability community?:
Yes

A brief summary of papers, guides, presentations, and other resources the institution has developed to share their sustainability experience with other institutions:
AASHE Conferences: AASHE Conference 2013 Len Cooper Presentation“An Innovative Way to Adapt to a Changing Education Medium: Using Interactive Multimedia-based Information Graphics in the Sustainability Curriculum” Beyond the Workshops: Examples of sustainability integration across the curriculum Conference: AASHE 2011 Category: Curriculum Authors: Chuck McClaugherty Type: Poster STARS as a tool for planning Conference: AASHE 2011 Category: Coordination and PlanningCoordination and PlanningPlanning, Admin, and Engagement Authors: Chuck McClaugherty Type: Poster Incorporating Sustainability into the Curriculum at a Small University Conference: AASHE 2010 Category: Curriculum Authors: Charles McClaugherty Stephen Kramer Type: Field Report

The names of local, state/provincial, regional, national, or international campus sustainability organizations or consortia in which the institution participates and/or is a member:
LOCAL: SCENES: STARK COUNTY EDUCATION NETWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY MEMBER http://www.starkscenes.org/ Mission: To build a coalition of higher education institutions, organizations, businesses, community members, and city administrations to facilitate the sharing of information, combination of strengths, and to take advantage of opportunities in effort to raise community awareness and advance sustainable development and a healthy environment. Vision: Collaborations across the community will work together toward building a sustainable Stark County, one that embodies the principles of sustainable development including: Balancing and integrating the social, economic and environmental components of their community. Meeting the needs of existing and future generations. Respecting the needs of other communities in the wider region or internationally to make their own communities sustainable. ACE - Academy of Collaborative Education. A consortium of five institutions of higher leaning in Stark County that are working with the Stark County Park District to collaobarate on interdiciplinary teaching with a sustainability theme. REGIONAL: Ohio Sustainability Schools CASE listserv participant/member Environmental Education Council of Ohio- Member/participant NATIONAL: CURC College and University Recycling Coalition Member About CURC What is the College and University Recycling Coalition? A membership-based non- profit organization facilitating the exchange of technical knowledge and best practices on recycling and waste reduction programs among institutions of higher learning. Originally formed in 1992, CURC became a technical council of the National Recycling Coalition in 1995 before branching off as an independent organization in 2009. Mission Statement To advance recycling and sustainable materials management at colleges and universities. INTERNATIONAL: AASHE-Member

A brief summary of additional ways the institution collaborates with other campuses to advance sustainability :
We use the GRNSCH and CURC listserves to for advice and help give advice. We network with Ohio Sustainability professionals off of the Ohio CASE listserv. We are a SCENES member and work with other higher education institution members in SCENES.

The website URL where information about cross-campus collaboration is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data entered and collected by Leah Graham

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